Feed-cutter



Patented May 4, 1886;

Svwewboz J. G. WILSON.

FEED CUTTER (No Model.)

UNrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN CALHOUN WILSON, OF BROXVN'XVOOD, TEXAS.

a FEED-CUTTER.

ElPECIPIC'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,199, dated May 4, 1886.

Application filed February 4, 1886. Serial No. 190,843. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CALHOUN WIL- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brownwood, in the countyef Brown and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Feed-Gutters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to feed-cutters adapted for use by farmers and others in cutting hay, straw, &c., for cattle; and to this end the invention consists in the construction, arrange ment,and combination of parts for service,substantiallyashereinafter described,andspecifically pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a feed-cutter embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, and Fi 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 00 a; of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters of reference denote similar parts, A designates the body of the cutter, having a bottom, a, the side edges of which are inclined toward each other from the rear end of the bottom to the front thereof, and sides u, having rounded rear ends.

B designates a leg projecting downward from the rear end of the bottom, to support said end.

G designates the frame that supports the forward end of the body A, and in which the cutting knife operates. Said frame consists of a sill or base timber, c, and uprights c c c, the two former of which, 0 0*, are connected near their middles by a transverse timber, 0'', upon which the forward end of the body A rests.

d d designate grooves formed upon or in the inner edges of the uprights c 0 near the outer faces thereof, to receive at the bottom of said uprights a panel, e, havinga portion of its upper edge beveled or inclined, that holds in position an inclined trough, F, for a purpose hereinafter described, and a verticallysliding frame, Gr, that carries the cutterknife. The panel 0, at its side edges within the grooves dd, projects upwardly a short dis tance to form stops that limit the downward movement of the frame G.

G designates a frame that operates up and down in the grooves (l d. Said frame is root angular in cross-section, and consists of side rails, g, connected together near their middles and at their upper ends by transverse rails g 9 the former of which, at the middle of the rail, is provided with a forwardly-projecting portion, 9, to the outer surface of which is pivoted, at h, a lever, II, the opposite end of which is pivoted to a swinging link or hingeplate h, connected by a bolt, h with the upright 0, near the top thereof. The link 71, is provided with an offset portion, 72 ,so that the end of the lever H may be placed behind said offset. The uprights c" c are connected together at their tops by a rail, 0 the space below said rail between the uprights c 0 being filled with a panel, 0, that operates in conjunction with the outer surface of the uprights o c c and panel 6, to prevent feed after it has been cut from accumulating below the body of the cutter.

I designates the cutter, that is arranged diagonally between and secured to the inner faces of the rails g of the frame G in slots in said faces. The inner surface of the knife I slides against the outer cutting'edge of a metallic plate, 1, preferably steel, secured to the inner surfaces of the bottom and sides of the body A at the forward ends thereof.

F designates a metallic trough, having bottom k and upwardly-turned edges is, provided at or near their tops with V-shaped detents This trough is secured upon the upper inclined edge of the panel a, and forms achute for the cut hay, grain, &e., the detents I. therein operating in conjunction with the upwardly projecting side edges of the panel 6.

The operation of my improvement will be understood without further description.

I claim- In a hay ,or feed-cutter, a body, A, having bottom and sides provided at their forward ends with a metallic plate, I, and supportingleg B, and frame 0, having sill c, uprights c a 0 and panels 0 c, in comhi nation with frame G, sliding in grooves (Z d in the uprights c 0", and provided with knife I, leverII, swinging link h, having offset h", and inclined trough it, having sides 7;, provided with deteuts 7r, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN CALHOUN XVILSON.

\Vitnesses:

A. D. Moss, FORD BRANDENBURGH. 

